Wake Democratic Party

Wake County Democratic Party County Convention
Saturday, April 14, 2012

Time: 12:00 pm (Convention Registration begins at 11:00am)

Location:
Ligon GT Magnet Middle School
706 East Lenoir Street
Raleigh, NC 27604

Also, A County Executive Committee meeting will be held before the convention. The purpose of the meeting is to fill a vacancy for WCDP, 1st Vice Chair.

Chris Telesca, who is an SEC member. is a candidate for 1st Vice-Chair Lindy Brown is resigning that office.

Registration for the meeting begins at 9:00am and the meeting starts promptly at 10:00am.

Precinct Chairs, Vice Chairs or SEC members can vote in the election of a new Party Vice-chair.

Postcards including a proxy form will be mailed from the party office.

Dear Wake Dems:

I hope by now you know that big changes are taking place in the Wake County Democratic Party. Both Chairman Mack Paul and ED Tammy Brunner have resigned effective 12/31. This coming right after the 2011 elections puts us at a disadvantage in trying to build our party before the 2012 election season when we will be not so gently urged to drop everything and work for OFA.

I am sure the question will immediately arise, why post this and why now? I am doing so, as I am told that at the most recent meeting of the Board of the Wake Democratic party some of those present asked why I had resigned. They were told by the elected officers (all of whom received this letter prior to my resignation), that "they did not know why." So here goes:

To: Mary Starkey,Acting Chair, Wake Democratic Party
Via Email

Re: Resignation as Raleigh Vice-chair Wake Democratic Party
Resignation Effective September 15, 2010

I am resigning after considering the controversy at every meeting I have attended since accepting a “compromise” election based on the vote in April 2010 at the most recent County Executive Committee Meeting. I am still waiting for Minutes from that meeting over 4 months ago, but my recollection is as follows for any not in attendance or whose memories have “faded:”

Another dubious post to his Citizen Blog by Bob Geary at www.indyweek.com today:

Wake County Nichols stepping down as Wake Dems chair; Mack Paul the likely replacement
Posted by Bob Geary on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:26 PM

This will be old news to some, but as a fellow asked me today who's going to replace Jack Nichols as chair of the Wake County Democratic Party, the answer is Mack Paul (his pic is <-) — that is, unless in the next three weeks some other candidate comes out of nowhere to claim it.

I am reluctant to put this online, as I am not even sure I can legally, for a couple of reasons: 1) I am a Democratic Party officer in Wake County 2) will it be considered libelous? But here goes, as this is something many of you are confronting in your areas, too, I am sure.

I wrote earlier about the new creation of the "Coordinated Campaign" by David Young at the State Convention in July. I said in my post in July that I was just as afraid of our internal mechanisms in the State Democratic Party's Plan of Organization being side-stepped, as I was of Art Pope and his Republican posse. I sincerely, though regretfully, meant that.